The Top 15 K-Pop Fanclubs in 2015 for Boy and Girl Groups
Local news source MBN released a 2015 mid-year report on the fanclub membership numbers for K-pop boy and girl groups, ranking the top 15 of each gender.
MBN surveyed the official fan clubs (located in Daum fan cafes) of the numerous boy and girl groups in K-pop. The 2015 numbers were recorded June 4 for girl groups and May 27 for boy groups, while no exact date is specified for 2014.
Girl Groups
According to MBN, A Pink’s numbers (ranked in second place) went up the most among other girl groups from the previous year. Another group whose numbers went up are Girl’s Day, Secret, and SISTAR.
For Girls’ Generation, who ranks in first place, MBN pointed out that most of the group’s fans are females, rather than males.
1. Girls’ Generation (went down from last year)
2014- 245,447
2015- 225,006
2. A Pink (went up)
2014- 86,596
2015- 131,680
3. Wonder Girls (down)
2014- 80,579
2015- 73,483
4. Girl’s Day (up)
2014- 48,245
2015- 71,746
5. 2NE1 (down)
2014- 86,596
2015- 86,596
*MBN seems to have made a mistake with 2NE1 (as you can see from the screen capture below of the article it released. Upon checking the number on Daum today, June 25 KST, it says there are 65,923 members right now in the fan cafe.
6. f(x) (down)
2014- 62,316
2015- 59,061
7. Kara (down)
2014- 45,602
2015- 42,854
8. 4Minute (down)
2014- 34,645
2015- 34,174
9. miss A (down)
2014- 33,713
2015- 31,059
10. AOA
2015- 29,782
11. Lovelyz
2015- 28,798
12. Secret (up)
2014- 28,168
2015- 28,743
13. SISTAR (up)
2014- 25,342
2015- 26,992
14. EXID
2015- 24,669
15. T-ara (down)
2014- 25,158
2015- 23,815
Boy Groups
Most of the groups listed saw their fanclub member numbers go down, with the exception of Block B.
1. TVXQ (went down from last year)
2014- 595,425
2015- 555,929
2. BIGBANG (went down)
2014- 286,492
2015- 263,622
3. BEAST (down)
2014- 267,100
2015- 251,646
4. INFINITE (down)
2014- 200,343
2015- 195,605
5. Shinhwa (down)
2014- 173,770
2015- 168,594
6. B1A4 (down)
2014- 167,261
2015- 153,660
7. Block B (up)
2014- 120,989
2015- 140,628
8. Super Junior (down)
2014- 147,160
2015- 134,982
9. EXO (down)
2014- 136,810
2015- 134,083
10. 2PM (down)
2014- 139,350
2015- 127,326
11. BTS
2015- 108,967
12. VIXX
2015-108,526
13. B.A.P
2015- 95,531
14. SHINee
2015- 89,837
15. Teen Top
2015- 86,962
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